Hamiltonian Dorris Ratcliffe is 98 years old but has the lifestyle of a woman much younger. She says keeping busy and volunteering makes her life worthwhile. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Rural New Zealand is facing a GP shortage as the current workforce ages.
Most of us are confused about diet because we're always trying to pin the blame on one nutrient, says an expert.
Lack of sex is a greater cause of distress to older people than being housebound or living in poor conditions.
Now in his fifties, Stephen Armstrong is going through a different middle age to the one he was expecting.
COMMENT: I mean no disrespect to older people. I hope to be elderly myself one day. I just don't want them voting any more.
COMMENT: Sometimes it really is embarrassing to be a baby-boomer.
Irene More was born on the fifth day of June, 1916.
Ryman Healthcare posted another record full-year profit, rounding out 14 straight years of earnings growth as NZ's largest retirement village operator.
People with red hair have long been the butt of unfair jokes, but a study suggests that when it comes to ageing they may have the last laugh.
Having a mid-life crisis is more common than you may think with six in ten of those aged 40 to 59 admitting they might be experiencing one.
Meditation doesn't just relax the mind - it could also keep it young.
Marriage has long been thought to be beneficial - both in sickness and in health. But a study suggests that widows actually suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive.
COMMENT: If the fit, strong-looking people in their 60s and 70s I see there are anything to go by, it's never too late to start getting strong.
Each week Megan Nicol Reed talks through what's on all of our minds.
I counselled my young daughter last week that we should do what scares us; it informs us of what we are capable, reminds us we are alive.
Boys are catching up with girls in the health stakes, figures have shown.
There are many reasons why some people live long healthy lives while others don't, but one of them is undoubtedly genes.
A new study reveals how life after work can take a negative turn.
Here's an interesting statistic: since 1840, life expectancy at birth has risen three months each year, come war, epidemics or advances in medical science.
Those in their 20s and 30s might want to be careful next time they go looking for love online - they might run into their parents.
As a teen, I couldn't have explained why, because I've only just figured it out, writes Verity Johnson.
A study has found mothers over 40 are at the forefront of a middle-aged drinking epidemic.
Scientists now believe it is possible to stop people growing old and to consign diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to history.
Who said rock'n roll was for kids? It's a golden age for golden oldies who refuse to grow old.
Things are booming at rest-home builder and operator Ryman Healtcare, with profits growing and a pipeline of new villages underway.
Developing a sudden liking for slapstick comedy could herald the onset of dementia up to nine years before the illness is diagnosed.
The green-eyed monster of envy has a tighter grip on young adults than on their elders, a study has found.
Older people have vision that is three times slower than younger people when coping with distractions, which could make them less safe drivers, a study has found.
Retirement village dispute resolutions could soon be improved, after gaps in the system were criticised.
Millennials have tough new competition for apartments and flats heating up the nation's housing market: Mum and Dad.
Forty years ago, the Queen sent about 100 letters a week to Britons who had reached the age of 100.